Lubricator



1,635,602 L. BLACK LUBRIGATOR Fild Feb. 8, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 a Q INVENTOR IZOBEQT L.BLACK HIS ATTORNEY R. L. BLACK July 12', 1927.

LUBRI CATOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTdR ROBERT L.BLACK Filed Feb. 9, l925 Voir l4: and the opening 15, eta-amt none of the lubricant exceptthat wl n ch passes in Contact quantity otthe "Waste 16 is planed in the The lubrieator itselfgeonsists oils reservoir 14, from Wh1ch a lub'rlcant 1S furnlshed to the flange of the Wheel 2, through an opening in the bottom of the luhricator, by" means of caplllar attraction throu h a absorbent materlal,

D such as waste 16'. partition 17 1s P1()Vl(l0ll)&tWQl-31l the reserlity ot thewheel, is sufiieient to keep it lnbi-ieated,

reserved to make "all 1 sisting of a small miniber tionary guide bracket, a

pfiat ged tread, a stationary it gtride bracket andr p eferred embodiment of the element, a

but isnot enough Wheelto slip. e a Vhile I have shown and described the invention together with "certain detailed feetiires asto the eonstruction otthe mountingit should bemnderstood that the chselosuretisfor 1llus} tra-tive purposes only andlthat tl.1e 1 igl1'tis such ehanges a" in the form and arrangelnentof parts as will not depart from the spirit the scope of the clannfs hereunto appended. l laving thus provided a i lubrieator eon of PatiftSQdOW first automatie injopefaf cost and maintenanee; tion, what I elaiuiis: V I 1. The combination ofja Wheel hhlvinga flanged tread, a lul'n'ieatoreoniprisiinga staresez r mounted for vel tical and la ra l slfiding lnoveniient Within'the guide and resting on and supported by the new t shh u lgeeh said reservoir nelnber havingli' nted roeli-t ing movement in the plane the wheel, means carried by said reservoir" member for lil nitingits rockingmovement, and lubricate ing meaus Withi'nthe reservoir. j i The combinetion of a wliet lligating a frame element spaced from theflwheel, a" guidebracket 'strnetnre carried ibysaid statiouznfy frame reservoir member m eallyfand laterally slidahly upported [Within said p sting on and supported bythe flange of said WHEEL the reservoir member having limited vertical (rocking movement inthe plane ofthe Wheel with respeet to the guide braeket, and means on gaging the reservoir member and adapted to engage said stationary. frame element for limiting said rocking movement, hnd lubri+ eating means WithinJthereservoir.

3.The combination of a wheel having a .fianged tread, afstationary support spaced the top of The IHDTIOUDF of lubricant sothat it will'run down on the tread, of the Wheel andcause the A I slots of the invention or being engageable With the frame to flange; means within the reservoir forlubrt eating the flange; rneansinounted at one side A support permitting lateral movement of the reservoir member, and means engaging the otherfside of the reservolr member and engageahle With said statl onary; support tor limiting roekinginovelnent of the reservoin member in the "plane of tl e wheel.

6%. In a device tonlubricating a car Wheelj flange, :1 stationarily mounted U-shaped bracket provided in its arnls' (W1 th vertically elongated slots, a reservoir member rest ng on and su qported by thewheel flange, lubricat1 1 1g 1neans With n the reservoir AlilllllQQlF spaee dearsat one s1de ofathe I'QSGIYOIP 1116111 1 her, a seenri 11g member passingthrough and said ears andf movable along the: n1er,f. the reserved member be ng of less thereto; ears at the oppositeside of the reservo r member, and m ans engaged th filifinlthelspaee ithinthe breeket self asdo have lateral inoven entfwith respect through said ears andgengag eable with a poiti'on 0'1 the ear framefor roelnn g movement of the reservoir member.

5. In a? device for lubricating theflange of a leeon otive or car wheel, a stationary guide tyraelQejt; a; reservoirmember, means Within the reservoir for supplyi 1 i wheel fian' ej, the reserv member resting apon and being sup pdrted bythe flanged? th" w eehineans .pivotedjte "onexside ,of'the limiting ertical resertioir .niember and itertiea-llyj" slida bly ineunted along thegu de bracket "for per' V w g; vertical nioven en the reservoir 1! =ei11b'e1fl'a11d means connected with theired ez-voie uelnber em liniiting moelfcli 11g "movement of the. res: "voir gnember in the plane of the'wheel mth respect to the guide bracket.

at the op positejside thereof (3. In a car or loeo notivewheel flange 1i a ln'ieator, a supportingbracketlnountedaip a p01 inter I supporting bracket yefltkd with vet-ti sally exten ding alining slots- 1, a reservoir allielllbelf located at the iirm t of said second it lna 'ned bracket an d .lihll'lg thereof, a securing elementp sing through said ears and said slot, said reservolr menl be resting lupon the heel fiangeandbeing supported thereby, said u slots permitting vertical movement of the; reservoir mess "her itoaecomn10date anov e nents of the wheel witltrespeot tothe at the front side of the reservolr member,

and ha ving its at-ins "tion of the ear or locomotive j frame, an ted U-shaped braeketflseeured tosald fears extending hetw en the arms and an arm extendingthrough said second named ears and extendingbeneath the franle in normal: spaced endeared-em, said reel-fin niovelnent of" the srrpportecl by the r cerr'lhirret ion of 'e jwheelharihga flanged treedsfla' lubricatdr'resting on and 7 reservoir to thefflange of said-wheel,} means xf or' guiding said lubricato'r in a "Vertical plane and in a transverse plane, additional meanslimiting the,revolving:ofseid lubri cator in "avertical plane 8., The eombinatlen of 21: Wheel having a '7 fl ahged:tread,ia lub'rieatercemprising estationary guide bracketfa lubricant reservoir member. mounted, "for vertical an'cllateral 1 sliding movement within the guide-and resti t ing' 01 end'support'ed 'bythe fien'geffsaid' flange of "said-"wheeh Said]; lu-brlcatoracons stmg of a, -re'serve1r and .means =f0r'e0r1Vey1'ng a lubrlcant' from sand;

heating the re Wheel, said reservoir memherheringl lirhited.

-freaking movement'in'the pleihe of the Wheel.

' 9, In a Wheelflan e 'lubricator, jaJsupj Port a reservoir mein er resting upon and supported bythe flange fthe' wheel to be lubricated, meenswithin the reservoir memher for conducting lubricant to the flange the Wheel and con.-

portt'o permit the reservoir memberto have 'of the WheeLend means' extending trans- I 'versely with respect to SerVV-Qir m er withfthe sup- 

